Prague Slavic Congress, 1848

The Prague Slavic Congress, also known as the Pan-Slavic Congress, was a congress of the Slavic peoples of Europe that was held in Prague, Bohemia in the Austrian Empire in June 1848. The Congress urged Slavic solidarity against the Austrians and promoted the cause of independence for the subject nationalities of the empire, and the Congress' meeting was held as the Revolutions of 1848 occurred across Europe. The congress had been held not long after the Austrian government promized the Czechs their own constituent assembly on 8 April, and Austrian forces commanded by Marshal Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Gratz crushed the short-lived Czech revolution on 17 June 1848 and set up a military government in Bohemia.